Management involves planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling activities to achieve organizational goals. It can refer to both managing people as well as a process. Traditional views saw management as an art, while more modern views see it as both an art and a science. Nursing management aims to accomplish work through nursing personnel by making decisions, coordinating efforts, and focusing on efficiency, personnel, and functions to determine and achieve stated objectives. Key functions of nursing management include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, leading, coordinating, controlling, reporting, and budgeting.